Determinism Flashcards
(26 cards)
Determinism
The present being based on what happened in the past
Hard determinism
We have no free will at all
Snooker analogy
When u hit white ball, it’s possible to calculate the effect it will have on other balls precisely
Apply snooker analogy to world
Big bang leads to other effects
Can be calculated with a powerful enough computer
Team analogy
Our life is like a tram on fixed rails
Person has no choice but to follow pre determined choices
Does anybody have full free will
No as there’s many factors that govern our choices
Eg health, financial stability ,consequences,religion
If there’s no freedom what could this mean
There’s no moral responsibility
So how’s it fair to blame people for actions that aren’t their fault as there’s no free will
Scientific det
Laws determine all our actions based on what’s happened before
Cause and effect
Philosophical det
All human actions an choice have cause
So all events theoretically predictable
Psychological det
We are hard wired to behave according to specific stimuli
John lockes quote
Free will is an illusion
- u feel like ur making a choice but ur not
What’s Locke say ab ppl that think they have free will
They lack intelligence to see there is no choices to be made
They are deluding themselves
Js coz u pause to reflect before making a choice does not mean u have free will
What’s future based on
What’s come before
Lockes room analogy
Man wake up in locked room that’s locked from outside but he dk
He chooses to stay in room but that’s acc all he can do
He think he chosen freely to stay but in reality that’s his only option
His ignorance gives him illusion of freedom
Scientific ideas that contribute to ideas of determinism
Physics - motion gravity
Evolution- past causes
Genetics - DNA,behaviour
What’s La place say
Entire universe is a clock an we are just cogs in a machine
Are we special
No we are all js diff parts of the universe
We no diff to a star in space
Evidence of our decisions being made before we decide to do it
Backed by brain scans
Brain prepares for decision before u make ur decision
How does quantum physics contradict determinism
It’s behaviour changes when observed (produces multiple waves when not observed)
What’s Newtonian physics suggest
We live in a hard deterministic universe
What’s quantum physics suggest
We live in a uncertain universe
Do classic an quantum physics contradict each other
Yes but yet they both work
Explain schrodingers cat
-In a box there’s a cat an poison
-We don’t kno if it dead or alive as it may or may not have consumed poison ,until we observe
So all things are uncertain until act of observation
Einstein quote
God don’t play dice with universe
